Justin Hall's net couldn't quite handle the weight of the record-busting fish. Angler Justin Hall of Reidsville, North Carolina has officially broken the state record for channel catfish. He caught a ...

A North Carolina dad and his son's day of fishing at a nearby farm pond has turned into a record-setting catch. However, the father had to return to the pond, a week later, to recapture the winning ...

A couple of catch-a-cat bait pockets stuffed with bait, a sliding sinker rig, and a big hook. That's what we're working with fishing for channel cats. The sliding sinker rig lets the catfish take the ...

Today we're showing you how to catch catfish using a special fish finder rig using the new Slinker Slides. We also go over some important drag tips to help get more hook sets into catfish, and to help ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

Jefferson County, NY (WRGB) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the first state record fish of 2025, as Dylan Kampnich of Dexter caught a massive 37-pound ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — Dylan Kampnich of Dexter was spending a quiet day fishing with his son on May 3, Black River Bay in Jefferson County. Then he reeled in a 37-pound, 9-ounce channel catfish in ...

Channel catfish and blue catfish are two of the most abundant catfish species in the country. While blue cats vs channel cats do have some similarities in terms of looks, they can’t go toe-to-toe in ...

BEAVER LAKE -- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists completed a study of the Beaver Lake channel catfish population to determine the ratio of stocked channel catfish to catfish that spawn ...